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January 5, 1972

B&O seeks to abandon the Reedsville–Kingwood section

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad applied for authority to abandon approximately 9.49 miles of its Morgantown and Kingwood Branch between Reedsville and Kingwood. Removal of this middle section divided the former M&K into western and eastern remnants.

KingwoodPreston CountyReedsville

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Interstate Commerce Commission docket index, Finance Docket 26983, January 5, 1972, pp. 438–439; WVNC Rails, “Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad”

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